Birch Tree-Hill BTH (Pleistocene of Cayman Islands)

Also known as Reef 3752

Where: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (19.4° N, 81.4° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 81.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ironshore Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• dated at 121 +- 6 ka (Woodroffe et al. 1983)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• reef tract, protected areas behind the reef crest
• coral boundstone (coral facies B)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. G. Hunter and B. Jones. 1996. Coral associations of the Pleistocene Ironshore Formation, Grand Cayman. Coral Reefs 15(4):249-267 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 103730: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites astreoides, Porites porites
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites porites Pallas 1766 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia agaricites
Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, Diploria labyrinthiformis, Colpophyllia natans, Manicina areolata, Mussa angulosa, Isophyllia sinuosa
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Mussa angulosa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Isophyllia sinuosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia fragum
Favia fragum Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia stokesi, Dendrogyra cylindrus, Eusmilia fastigiata, Meandrina meandrites
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Dendrogyra cylindrus Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766 stony coral
Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cervicornis
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral